abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
to shout (in anger); to yell
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
it's no joke; gimme a break!
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
when it comes to ...; as for ...
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
the other day; lately; recently
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
that is to say; so that means
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
temporary; transitory; short-lived
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to overdo; to do too much
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
serious; severe; grave; acute
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
instability; insecurity; crankiness
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)